Target: £20,000.00
Raised so far: £7,044.40
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My story
October 2009
Thank you for visiting Ed Stafford's fundraising page for the ME Association – which started out on the workwithus website but moved across here in March 2008.
After Luke Collyer's sensational withdrawal from this 4,000-mile trek on 4 July, 2008, former British Army captain Ed Stafford is forging ahead with just Cho, his Peruvian guide, for company – and the occasional visiting photojournalist.
He's now in the middle of the Brazilian rain forest during the dry summer, and is having a hell of a time. His story was picked up by the Daily Mail at the end of October and is a real eye-opener.
Daily Mail story
You can keep up with Ed's progress by subscribing to his blog at the following website:
Walking the Amazon
On Saturday 24th October, Ed's mother Ba held a supper and poetry and prose evening at Mowsley village hall in Leicestershire to boost ME Association funds. The theme was getting older with humour and looking back with nostalgia. A friend, George Sanders, travelled from Betws-y-Coed to read the nostalgia poems which was interspersed by several very light hearted and humorous poems and bits of prose read by villagers The evening was great fun and £1450 was raised.
The money will go towards helping to try to establish the causes of the illness ME/CFS, the main symptoms of which are muscle and brain fatigue and general flu-like symptoms which are often very severe and painful. Ed’s sister Janie has been a sufferer for 16 years. There are ¼ million sufferers in the UK.
And thanks to Gill Brown, who organised a barn dance for the Tissue Bank Appeal at Nailsea in Bristol in November 2009. This brought in another £460.
Thank you from all of us at the ME Association. But, most of all, thank you from Ed.
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Thank you so much for the tremendous effort that you are putting in for this cause!
Donation by Caroline 29/10/09
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£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid |
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Well done and Thank you for what you are doing..
Donation by John Galloway 11/10/09
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£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid |
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keep going and keep the faith
Donation by edmygwr 17/06/09
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£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid |
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Donation by Tony Britton 04/03/09
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£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
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I have ME and the biggest problem is that no one understands it - good luck!!!
Donation by Jane Bennett 09/12/08
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£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid |
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Donation by R Sultana 10/10/08
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£65.00 |
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Donation by ed 27/09/08
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£10.00 |
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A small gift from P.A.N.D.O.R.A.- See you in Belem, Para!
Donation by Marly Silverman 16/09/08
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£118.00 |
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Go for it, Ed!
Donation by Sunny Side-up 13/08/08
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£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
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I wish I could give more but if everyone gives a little, it will turn into a lot!
Donation by Nancy Henson 10/08/08
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£25.00 |
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To all who read this website – please spread the word that money for research for a cure for this devastating illness is vital. To Ned and Luke – All
Donation by Ba Stafford 04/03/08
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£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid |
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| * Total raised online: |
£403.00 |
| Offline donations: |
£6,641.40 |
| Gift Aid plus supplement: |
£52.18 |
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